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Nokia 2.1

Announced: May 2018.OS: Android 8.1 Go Edition. VDRD-summary: It is better not to buy!
Starting price of $100. Starting price of: 6 188 ₽. Starting price of: 3 690 ₴.
Status: Archived.
  • Screen 5.5" IPS LCD
  • Rear сamera 8 MP
  • Selfie camera 5 MP
  • CPU 4 cores Snapdragon 425
  • Memory 1 GB RAM
  • Storage 8 GB ROM
  • Memory cards up to 128 GB microSD
  • Battery 4 000 mAh
  • Thickness 9.7 mm
  • Sim Cards 2 items dual sim
All characteristics

Short description Nokia 2.1

This is a smartphone on Android 8.1 Go Edition with a usual good processor, with a large touchscreen size, with  the usual main camera for photos and video, and the front camera here turned out to be absolutely ordinary. And Nokia 2.1 has such features: a slot for two SIM cards.

Also known as: Nokia 2 (2018).

Disclaimer. The table shows the main technical characteristics of the device. For a full list of features and capabilities of this model, see the manufacturer’s website. We can not guarantee that the information on this page is 100% correct.

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Android version and market relevance

In May 2018 was announced smartphone Nokia 2.1, which did not fall into any series smartphones Nokia, but just located in the directory of smartphones of this manufacturer.

The most important thing you need to know before buying is the version of Android on which the smartphone is launched “out of the box”. And Nokia 2.1 works on Android 8.1 Go Edition, that by the way is not so bad as for smartphone of 2018. But here it is still important to know whether this model is updated to a more recent version. Our novelty Nokia 2.1, unfortunately, is not updated to any new version of Android. And it′s very sad, so we would advise you to look at other models of smartphones that are called in our catalog DROID-smartphones.

Perhaps it will be important for you that the smartphone was a dualsim. Then we can make you happy, because Nokia 2.1 works great with two SIM cards. And since 2020, after the official launch of 5G networks, it has become very important for most buyers that the new smartphone has high-speed mobile Internet. It so happened that Nokia 2.1 does not have support for fifth-generation networks and cannot provide you with super-fast Internet at a speed of up to 100 Mb/s. If this is important for you, we recommend that you go to the catalog page, which contains all 5G-smartphones on Android.

Screen, body and battery

It is worth paying attention to good 5.5-inch capacitive IPS LCD touchscreen smartphone Nokia 2.1. This is a large screen, and you need to consider the size of your palm, so it was convenient to hold the smartphone in your hand and use it. The thickness of the case is 9.7 mm. This also accommodated a battery capacity of 4 000 mAh.

Main camera and selfie camera

The smartphone Nokia 2.1 got the main camera with one module: 8 MP with a regular lens. And there is also a front camera that has one module: 5 MP with a regular lens. If you judge only by the number of megapixels, then the main camera is very weak. But the frontcamera not very good, we have in our catalog real selfie smartphones. It seems that we have already written many times that before buying you need to see a smartphone and hold it in your hands. And speaking about cameras, I would like to repeat the same idea once again — look at the reviews about this model, see examples of photos taken by this smartphone. It often happens that in search of a low price, you buy a model with a camera of tens of megapixels, but the photos and videos will not be of high quality.

Processor and Internal Memory

The smartphone performance is affected by a lot of factors, and even more so on the android-smartphone, where the developer of the Android operating system and the device manufacturer are absolutely different companies and each develops with its strategy in the market. As a result, in the smartphone you get a hodgepodge: it′s like a “clean” Android, but with a shell from the manufacturer; as though only the necessary applications, but also many unnecessary from the manufacturer. Very often Android-installed apps by default, which you do not even use, are still running and working, they occupy part of the RAM and processor time of your smartphone. This slows the work of other applications and the battery charge is wasted.

So, in Nokia 2.1 is installed 4-core processor on the chipset Snapdragon 425. As for RAM, the memory module is used here 1 GB.

You can store your photos, videos, music and applications both on the built-in smartphone memory, and on memory cards microSD up to 128 GB. You are only available 8 GB built-in memory, so you need to be more careful about what you store on the device.

Price for Nokia 2.1: buy or not to buy?

Price Nokia 2.1 at the start of sales was $100. A smartphone with this price level got into the price segment “Affordable smartphones from $100 to $200” and got a good processor, a large touch screen, and the front camera is not too cool with a very weak main camera.

If you want to buy Nokia 2.1, you can choose any online store or offline electronics store, the main thing is to have a guarantee for the smartphone and the desired version of the model you have chosen.

Before buying, if you have the opportunity, it is better to hold the phone in your hands, check the screen, the quality of the photo and video, look at the smoothness and speed of the interface. Never buy a “cat in a bag”, be sure to check everything before buying. Today, good smartphones are worth a lot of money, so it′s better to spend an extra ten minutes to eventually buy the model that will work well one or two years and help you in everything.

Hands-on photos

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29 May 2018

Announcement Nokia 2.1 (2018): a budget smartphone on Android 8.1 Oreo Go Edition

A good continuation of the budget line was invented in HMD Global and released Nokia 2.1. The new smartphone works out of the box running Android 8.1 Oreo Go Edition. He got a 5.5-inch screen, Snapdragon 425 processor, front stereo speakers, 4000 mAh battery.

Nokia 2.1
Budget smartphone Nokia 2.1 at a price of $115

The cameras in Nokia 2.1 of course also available, the main — 8 Mp, the front — 5 Mp. Memory options are not provided here, all models received 1 GB of RAM and 8 GB of internal storage. The case is made of polycarbonate with a metal strip on the office, three color options are available: blue-copper, blue-silver, gray-silver.

Sales will begin very soon. The price of Nokia 2.1 will be at $115.

Source: HMD Global

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